Yoyogi Park

Tokyo, Japan

I was a bit of a cherry blossom sceptic until going to Japan during the height of blossom season. It isn’t just that these trees sprout perfect pink popcorn clusters of flowers. It isn’t just that the trees are all over the city. It isn’t just that everybody stops what they are doing to gaze in rapture at the beauty. Nor is it the cherry blossom themed confections and beverages and street festivals. Nor is it how briefly they bloom.
It’s all of those things.
It’s also the old lady who grabbed us while hiking in the countryside a week after the peak blossom and showed us a magnificent old tree. She was so so happy and excited and kept repeating “sakura, sakura!” all the way down the road.
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Two long term travelers who decided to leave their comfortable lives in Minneapolis, MN in August of 2015 to escape their bubble and travel the world. The travel bucket list is getting longer and longer the longer we are gone!